Linger (h.s)

Colours

*Harry's POV*

I slowly ran the tips of my fingers around where the wounds sat on Kelsey's skin, her once beautifully olive coloured skin, now with tinges of purple and black. The marks caressed her shoulder blades, down to just above the small of her back. I tightened my left fist, gripping at the soft sheets that covered Kelsey's back. The thought of what her mother had done made me sick to my stomach. I wanted revenge, to show that she had no right to do what she had done to Kelsey. I know she didn't actually mean to push Kels back onto the glass, but if she hadn't been in the state she had been and initiated an argument, this wouldn't have gone how it did. I wanted to get Kelsey out and to leave for a few days, or weeks, or many months. She needed a break, from everything, and I finally now understood just to the extent of how much she fully needed it. 

Once Lexi had left, the room went to complete silence for a few minutes. Kelsey had rested her hands in mine, her legs crossed and her head down, sobbing. I let her cry for a few minutes, I could tell she needed it. She diverted her attention to me and took a deep breathe and explained to me exactly what had happened. Her story paused every now and then as she lost track of where she was, then she spoke again. I almost began crying along with her. Seeing Kelsey cry was heart breaking, because I knew that there was nothing I could do to help her. I could comfort her, but I physically couldn't stop her tears, I couldn't stop the pain she was feeling. I couldn't stop anything, so, I sat with her and listened to her talk. The soft cracks of her voice came every few sentences as she tried to hold back her tears. I reassured her it was okay, giving her hand a soft squeeze, to which she would sigh in relief and continue speaking. 

I left a small kiss on Kelsey's left shoulder before gently pulling her shirt over her back.  She swiveled around to look at me. Even though her cheeks were red and puffy from crying, she looked so beautiful. My lips curled into a smile and I couldn't stop them. Her eyes sparkled in the dim lighting of her room, and a brief moment of seemingly happiness swept across her face. I grabbed her small hands in and mine and held them close to me. I pressed my lips gently to the tops of her hands, lingering for a moment before adverting my attention once again to her. 

"Let's go somewhere," I suggested. 

"Where to?" She replied, her head tilted to the side in confusion. 

"Anywhere you would like to go. Where have you always wanted to go?"

"We can't just drop everything and go Harry."

My smile drooped at her words, she was right. We couldn't just up and leave everything and just go somewhere. We couldn't just leave, and as much as I wanted to, we couldn't.

"I graduate in 2 weeks Harry, after that, we can go anywhere and do anything you like. But for the time being, were stuck here."

"Not in this house were not, I don't trust you to be here alone anymore."

Kelsey smiled at me, placing her right hand upon my cheek. 

"I can't focus when I'm with you, and focus is what I need right now, more than a break, more than anything. I just need to pass school and we can go anywhere from there."

I sighed to myself, grabbing Kelsey's hand and kissing it gently before letting her return her hand upon my cheek. 

"Where is one place you would like to go? Anywhere on the planet?"

"To be honest, I have absolutely no.." Her words trailed off. I watched her slowly. Her hands fell to her lap, mine along with hers. Her soft touch ran shivers down my spine and made goosebumps surface. She sprawled out my large hands, running her fingertips gently across my palm. Even her slightest touches made me suffer, she had utter control of me and she didn't even know it. I had never felt like this before, usually I was the one to be in control, I always had the control over others. I was bigger, and taller and I was in control. Kelsey was different, when I was with her, I didn't want to be in control. I wanted her to be  in control, I wanted to do what ever she wanted and I would do whatever she would ask. Kelsey was my everything. I would go above and beyond all to just make her smile. 

I loved the fact of how easily she got side tracked, she could be talking about something and she would just trail off and completely forgot she was talking about something in the first place. Like right now, she was completely in a world of her own, she was unaware of the world around her. I loved when she got into these states, she could just sit for hours doing the same thing and it wouldn't even feel like 2 minutes had gone by. 

"What?" She asked, breaking my train of thought. What I had realized, is that when I had been thinking she had diverted her attention back to me looking at her. 

"Do I ever tell you you're beautiful." I chuckled. She smiled in response. 

"All the time." She giggled.